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Warner Bros. Entertainment

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American multinational film and entertainment corporation

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), also commonly known as simply Warner Bros., is an American multinational entertainment corporation owned by Skydance Corporation. Headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, it was formed on December 3, 2002 to incorporate the Warner Bros.-branded film and television assets of then-parent company AOL Time Warner (later the second iteration of Time Warner, WarnerMedia, and Warner Bros. Discovery).2 It was founded by Harry Warner, Sam Warner, Albert Warner and Jack Warner.1 Its chief executive is Barry Meyer.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 4, 1923Founded1
  • Industryentertainment, film production, video game industry1
  • HeadquartersBurbank1
  • Founded inLos Angeles1
  • Websitewww.warnerbros.com
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1
  • LEI549300U1JWW9SCOH3W563
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O The Corporation Trust Company, 19801 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 35786173

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Warner Bros
Photo: ?LiAnG?, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), also commonly known as simply Warner Bros., is an American multinational entertainment corporation owned by Skydance Corporation. Headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, it was formed on December 3, 2002 to incorporate the Warner Bros.-branded film and television assets of then-parent company AOL Time Warner (later the second iteration of Time Warner, WarnerMedia, and Warner Bros. Discovery).2

Corporate structure

Warner Bros. Entertainment is part of a group headed by Discovery, Inc.. 539 entities, 55 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Warner Bros. Entertainment reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Albert Warner, Harry Warner, Jack Warner and Sam Warner on Apr 4, 1923, in Los Angeles.1

Early predecessors

This company is derived from the original Warner Bros. Pictures, which four brothers—Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack L. Warner—founded in 1923. The company established itself as a leader in the American film industry, before diversifying into animation, television and video games.

It was acquired by fellow film studio Seven Arts Productions in 1966 to form Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. This was itself acquired two years later in 1969 by Kinney National Company, which eventually became Time Warner.

Time Warner Entertainment Company

On June 30, 1992, Time Warner transferred most of its Warner Bros. Inc. subsidiary's assets, including the film, television production and cable businesses, into Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. (TWEC), a new limited partnership with Toshiba and C. Itoh & Co. where each invested US$500 million for a 6.25% share. The deal was intended to relieve debt pressure from the merger between Time Inc. and Warner Communications two years earlier.

In 1993, US West joined the partnership with a US$2.5 billion investment for a 25% share. By 1996, TWEC was owned 74.49% by Time Warner and the remainder by US West. After the 1996 acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System, its film studio Castle Rock Entertainment was transferred to TWEC in 1997.

Current company incarnation

In March 2003, AOL Time Warner regained full control of the Warner Bros. film and television production assets from TWEC and placed them in the newly formed Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. wholly-owned subsidiary, which had been formed on December 3, 2002. TWEC retained only Time Warner Cable, which was eventually spun off.

WBEI gained Turner Entertainment Co. in 2006 and New Line Cinema in 2008, both of which originated from Turner. After the 2018 acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T, the Turner subsidiary was broken up, with cable television assets like Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim and Turner Classic Movies transferred to WBEI on March 4, 2019. After the 2022 merger of Discovery, Inc. and WarnerMedia, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe were transferred to the Warner Bros. Television Group.

On October 6, 2026, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance merged to create Skydance Corporation. After the acquisition, Warner Bros. Television Group reported directly to the Skydance TV division along with CBS Studios and Paramount Television Studios.

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Leadership

Who has led Warner Bros. Entertainment, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Kevin Tsujihara2013–now
197019801990200020102020

Products and brands

  • comic
  • film

Listed on Wikidata.1

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Television Studios

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

New Line Cinema

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DC Studios

Warner Bros. Clockwork

WaterTower Music

Castle Rock Entertainment (brand, trademark and back library)

Spyglass Media Group (minority stake)

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

All 27 subsidiaries

Also owns

Former owners and parents

Ultimate parent

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. 2016Acquired Machinima, Inc.1
  2. 2008New Line Cinema became a subsidiary1
  3. 2005Acquired TMZ1
  4. Jan 2004Warner Bros. Games became a subsidiary1
  5. 2004Castle Rock Entertainment became a subsidiary1
  6. 1996Acquired Turner Entertainment1
  7. Dec 20, 1991Regency Enterprises became a subsidiary1
  8. 1980Acquired The Lot at Formosa1
  9. 1980Acquired Warner Bros. Animation1
  10. 1958Acquired Warner Music Group1
  11. 1923Acquired Old Warner Brothers Studios1

Timeline

  1. Oct 6, 2026Acquired Acquired by Skydance Corporation1
  2. Apr 8, 2022Parent Directly consolidated by Warner Communications3
  3. 2022Acquired Acquired by Warner Bros. Discovery1
  4. Mar 1, 2013New chief executive Kevin Tsujihara becomes CEO1
  5. 2003Acquired Acquired by WarnerMedia1
  6. 1990Acquired Acquired by WarnerMedia1
  7. 1972Acquired Acquired by Warner Communications1
  8. 1970Acquired Acquired by Kinney National Company1
  9. 1967Acquired Acquired by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts1
  10. 1958Acquisition Acquired Warner Music Group1
  11. Apr 4, 1923Founded Founded in Los Angeles1
  12. 1923Acquisition Acquired Old Warner Brothers Studios1

Sources

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